David W. Lambert <b49p23t...@stny.rr.com> added the comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_order
For pair of items from a set, (that's the total) if a <= b and b <= c then a <= c (part of the order) if a <= b and b <= a then a compares the same as b, a == b, (the other part of the order) On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 19:46 +0000, Éric Araujo wrote: > Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment: > > Hello > > Small documentation question: Does the expression “total ordering” have > established usage in maths or computer science? Its meaning is not obvious to > the non-maths person that I am. > > Regards > > ---------- > > _______________________________________ > Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> > <http://bugs.python.org/issue5479> > _______________________________________ ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5479> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com